Stourbridge Institute Social Club (SISC) where members can relax while drinking coffee or having a bite to eat in the bar. Members can take part in the various activities available in the club such as Badminton, Bridge, Table Tennis and Snooker as well as many other learning and sporting opportunities.
News And Upcoming Events
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
Coming soon is the Quiz Night on
Saturday 7th February.
Register your team and pay at the bar.
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
Membership Renewal 2026
Membership can now be paid at the office during normal opening hours from 9.30am until 12.30pm from Monday to Friday.
During January, your membership can also be paid at the office on a Saturday morning from 10.00am until 12.30pm.
The options are to pay £140.00 as a door member or £400.00 as a car park member. Your points will be added when membership is paid.
Payments can be made by card for the full amount or with cash. We cannot accept cheques due to bank charges.
Members can also opt to pay by direct debit but this must be confirmed no later than 16th January 2026.
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
SISC Membership Incentive Scheme 2026
We are introducing the following
‘Member Gets Member’
reward scheme fro existing Club Members to introduce new members to the Club:
If the new Member joins as:
(a) a door Member, you will receive £10 of points onto your Membership card to use at the Bar.
or:
(b) a car park Member, you will receive £30 of points onto your Membership card to use at the Bar.
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
Notice to Members.
Membership Fees 2026.
The Committee has decided, after much deliberation, that there needs to be a slight increase to the Membership fees of the Club for 2026.
In 2025 we have encountered significant costs relating to repairs and maintenance, having to comply with updated Health and Safety requirements, and ageing equipment, together with the rising costs of food and drink, and mandatory rises in wages and labour costs.
The Committee have worked very hard managing the Finances of the Club, and Members of the Committee and their support teams have again done a huge amount of work to save these costs being significantly higher.
As ever attracting new members to the club is important, so we are re-introducing the Membership incentive scheme, where existing Members can earn points to spend at the bar by successfully introducing new members who sign up and join the club.
We hope that all Members will continue to come in and enjoy using the Club and its facilities and would like to thank you for your continued support.
Membership Renewal Fees for 2026.
Club Membership Door only + £10 Member points. £140 (D/D £14 pm)
Club Membership Door and Car Park + £30 Member points. £400 (D/D £40 pm)
Intermediate and Junior Members fees remain the same £30pa and €10pa
SISC Committee
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
NOTICE TO MEMBERS
With effect from 13th October 2025
Following multiple complaints received from Club Members, the Club’s bye-law, restricting children under the age of 16 years access to the Club premises after 7pm, is being re-introduced.
Rule 16: Bye-law (j).
‘Children under the age of 16 years shall not be allowed on the premises after 7pm unless:-
1. They are attending a private function where the room has been hired.
2. They are accompanied by a member for the purpose of taking part in a specific organised Club activity and (3).
3. They have prior approval of the Committee.
Rule 16: Bye-law (k).
‘No unauthorised persons, of any age are permitted behind the bar.’
Rule 16: Bye-law (l).
‘All children under 16 must be accompanied by a Club member and supervised at all times. The Member will be responsible for ensuring that they behave reasonably and do not cause any disruption for other Members or activities being carried out in the Club.’
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
Philips HS1 Heartstart Defibrillator AED
The Social Club has recently leased a Philips HS1 Hearstart Defibrillator AED after a club member suggested to the Committee that it would be a worthwhile piece of equipment in case we ever needed to use it.
The Defibrillator is in a red case, on it’s own cradle and is located to the right hand side of the Bar in the Lounge, near to the First aid Kit.
It is available to be used by members if and when it is required. We obviously hope, however, it will never be needed.
In the event that you feel that it may be necessary for the Defibrillator to be used, please contact emergency services on 999. Please ask other members in the club to assist in contacting emergency or going for the defibrillator.
If it is necessary to be used, please let a member of the Bar Staff or a Committee member know so that the defibrillator can be serviced or exchanged.
For more details on how to use the Defibrillator, please select below to take you to a short video on how to use the equipment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0mQPkVULak
If you know anyone who may want to join the
Stourbridge Institute Social Club,
please show them the flyer below or guide them to our Facebook page.
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
Important Notice To All Members
Due to current and forecast snow and icy conditions, Members are advised to take extra care when accessing the Club.
The Club has arrangements in place to grit priority pedestrian routes, including main walkways and entrances. However, during periods of severe or changing weather conditions, some areas of the car park and external surfaces are at increased risk.
Members are therefore requested to:
- Use designated gritted pedestrian routes where provided.
- Take care when walking across the car park and external areas.
- Wear suitable footwear for winter conditions.
- Follow any temporary signage, cones, or access restrictions in place.
- Please note that some areas may be restricted or temporarily closed if conditions cannot be safely controlled.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding while we manage winter conditions and help keep everyone safe.
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
Stourbridge Institute – Membership Card
You will need to use your Till Membership Card
in order to receive Member discounts.
- In order to enjoy member discounts, you will need to produce your white membership card at the till when ordering anything.
- The club has purchased an additional 500 cards so that nominated members can also take advantage of member discounts. These can be obtained from the office at a cost of £3 each, if you cannot make it during office hours, you can leave your request behind the bar and the office will process it and notify you when your card is ready for collection.
- There will be a £3 surcharge for any lost or replacement cards.
- A reminder that you can top up your membership card with cash which you can use at any time in the club, thus saving you from having to carry cash or to constantly use normal credit/debit cards to pay when at the club (providing you are in credit with the card).
- Instead of issuing vouchers, the club now puts the equivalent value straight on to your membership card by means of points. Like Vouchers, the points must be used by the 30th November from the date of issue before they are removed from the membership card. Points are different and will be recorded separately to any money a member may wish to put or have on their cards.
- A number of members have never collected their cards and following renewal of your subscriptions, these can still be collected from the office or bar when the office is closed.
- Once fully operational the committee will introduce other ways to reward members by introducing various promotions.
Important : Stourbridge Institute Social Club Visitor Rules
The Club Committee are very pleased to see increased numbers of members and visitors coming in and using the club on a regular basis, however this is a reminder off Club Visitor Rules.
- Members and their nominated partners may bring in as many visitors as they wish, however under club rules, each of those Visitors may only come in the club once in every calendar month, and should be signed in each time in the visitor’s book at the bar.
- If anyone wishes to visit the club more often than that, they are very welcome to apply to join as a member in their own right.
- Membership Application forms are available from behind the bar, from the Secretary’s Office every weekday morning or via our membership webpage.
- Membership of the club entitles people to also include a nominated partner, husband/wife, spouse etc at no extra cost as part of their membership.
- People attending or assisting with special events or activities within the club are also welcome to use the bar and lounge facilities when those events are on.
Jerry Roper
Chairman
On behalf of the Committee
Stourbridge Institute – Membership Card
Help both yourself and the Club
by making use of your membership cards
Everyone is currently feeling the pinch from the cost of living crisis and looking at ways to save money yet still trying to carry on as normal which is not easy. The club is no different.
For example, did you know that for every debit and credit card use there is a fixed rate cost to the club in addition to the % of spend of the transaction?
The Committee are therefore asking members who regularly purchase minor items of less than £5 to consider topping up their membership cards so that they can then use their membership cards for these smaller purchases or to pay in cash for anything under £5.
It will also help the member check their debit/credit card spend more easily and will save the club money by only having to pay one fixed amount for the larger initial transaction rather than a lot of smaller transactions.
Thank you for your help
Founded in 1834, we are one of the oldest private members clubs in the area. Re-inventing ourselves several times over the years, we are now an “Activities” based Social Club, often described as Stourbridge’s hidden gem.
Perusing this website will give you a clear idea of what goes on here and what we have to offer.
In addition, we have various rooms for hire at most competitive rates. A well appointed function room with a stage and access to the club bar, ideal for various functions, from Christening parties at one end of the scale, to Wakes at the other end, and pretty well everything in between.
We also currently host Tai Chi, Chi Baton and the Speakers Club who currently hold bi-monthly meetings in the function room amount our many other meeting rooms.
On the first floor are our Library and Falcon rooms, available for private hire. The Library is suited for larger meetings, while the latter, being smaller and more intimate, is more suitable for smaller gatherings, for example out of office business meetings, or training sessions.
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What The Club Has To Offer.
– Free High Speed Fibre Wifi
– Relaxing Lounge with Daily Newspapers
– Nine Snooker & Billiard Tables
– Stourbridge Lions
– U3A Stourbridge
Stourbridge Institute Social Club